Docker for windows Error Cannot ping google com from windows containers

Question

I created a container using microsoft/windowsservercore image. But when I tried to ping google.com from inside the container, I got this error:

Ping request could not find host www.google.com. Please check the name and try again.

Answer 1

Docker for windows and linux have different default network settings. Typically, the default for linux is bridged mode while in windows you have NAT.

You can alter your configuration with Network Connection Settings for windows

In general I usually use ping 8 8 8 8 since Google cannot be pinged even from my standard windows machine.